Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:43:06 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:16:18 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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I  ditched debian because stable was years behind the curve ...

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That’s precisely why it’s so good for mission-critical servers: utterly
boring, yet rock-solid.

 
Except, of course the vast majority of mission-critical servers in the
enterprise ran either Redhat or SUSE Enterprise distributions.

Neither of those are known for being cutting edge.

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides more than an operating system—it also
connects you to Red Hat’s extensive hardware, software, and cloud partner
ecosystem, and comes with 24x7 support. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 is
our latest release, but with access to all supported versions and a 10
year life cycle, you can upgrade on your schedule and adopt new features
when needed."

The magic words are '24x7 support'. They give enterprise managers a warm
feeling even if they never make use of the support. The same can be said
of Windows Server, Dell support, and so forth. It isn't only software.
There is a whole business model built on offering extended warranties for
cars and appliances and it's a money maker.

An interesting metric would be how many AWS clients use the generic Linux
option versus RHEL or SUSE.